, Schools Shut As Cyclone Okchi Nears Mumbai

MUMBAI, DECEMBER 5TH

It is raining in Mumbai as Cyclone Ockhi passes through the coast of Maharashtra before making landfall as a deep depression off the Gujarat coast early on Wednesday morning. Schools in Mumbai and neighbouring districts are closed today as a precautionary measure. Rescue and relief teams are on standby. to venture out into the sea.

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Cyclone Ockhi which held the "very severe" cyclone status has weakened into a "severe" cyclone and will make landfall near Surat and the Gulf of Khambat in Gujarat as a deep depression early on Wednesday, the Met Office has said.